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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 7
The 1808 Slave Revolt That Shook Cape TownIn 1808, a handful of enslaved men and Khoikhoi labourers marched on Cape Town in a desperate bid for freedom. Lucas and Luna explore the Slave Lodge, the role of the British aboli…
- The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and the Aftermath
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, focusing on the devastating Zulu victory at Isandlwana, the heroic defense at Rorke's Drift, and the complex aft…
- The 1899–1902 Siege of Mafeking: Roberts, Baden-Powell, and the Relief
In Episode 98 of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna examine the 217-day Siege of Mafeking (1899–1902), a pivotal event in the Second Anglo-Boer War. They explore how Colonel…
- The 1820 British Settlers on the Eastern Cape Frontier
Lucas and Luna explore the arrival of roughly 4,000 British settlers on the Eastern Cape frontier in 1820, a scheme by Lord Charles Somerset to create a buffer between the Cape Col…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act: How Law Forged Spatial Apartheid
In 1913, the newly-formed Union of South Africa passed the Natives Land Act, a law that would shape the country's geography and society for generations. This episode traces the Act…
- The Griqua: South Africa's Forgotten Nation of the 19th Century
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable story of the Griqua people — a mixed-race, Dutch-speaking nation that carved out its own territory on the frontiers of the Ca…
- The 1868 Diamond Discovery That Transformed Southern Africa
In 1868, a 21-carat diamond found on the banks of the Orange River near Hopetown triggered a frenzied rush that reshaped Southern Africa. This episode follows the discovery of the…
- The 1946 African Mineworkers Strike on the Witwatersrand
In August 1946, 70,000 black mineworkers on the Witwatersrand goldfields walked off the job, demanding higher wages and better living conditions. The strike was a watershed moment…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act: How Law Forged Spatial Apartheid
In 1913, the Union of South Africa passed a law that would shape the country's geography for generations: the Natives Land Act. This episode traces the Act's origins, implementatio…
- The Cape Corps: South Africa's Forgotten Soldiers of World War One
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story of the Cape Corps, a military unit of Coloured South Africans who served in World War One. From their formation in 1915 to their d…
- The Mfecane: Southern Africa's Cataclysm of the 1820s
In the 1820s, a wave of violent upheaval known as the Mfecane swept across Southern Africa, reshaping the political landscape before white colonisation fully took hold. In this epi…
- The Cape Malay Identity: Islam, Slavery, and the Bo-Kaap
Lucas and Luna explore the origins and evolution of the Cape Malay identity, tracing it from the arrival of political exiles and enslaved people from the Dutch East Indies in the 1…
- The Cape Smoke: Brandy, Rebellion, and the 1815 Slachter's Nek
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the little-known Slachter's Nek Rebellion of 1815, a pivotal uprising of Cape Dutch farmers against British colonial rule. The revolt was sp…
- The Treaty of Paris 1783 and the Cape Colony Handover
In 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution, but its ripples reached the Cape of Good Hope. This episode follows the little-known story of how the French occupation…
- The Cape Town Water Crisis: Day Zero and the Politics of Drought
In 2018, Cape Town faced 'Day Zero'—the day the taps would run dry. This episode dives into the causes: three years of drought, aging infrastructure, climate change, and political…
- The Cape Town Water Crisis Day Zero and the Politics of Drought
In 2018, Cape Town faced an unprecedented threat: Day Zero, the day the city's taps would run dry. This episode explores the causes of the crisis—a multi-year drought, inefficient…
- The Middle Passage of Southern Africa: Slavery at the Cape
Long before apartheid, long before the Boer republics, the Cape Colony was built on the backs of enslaved people from Africa and Asia. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the f…
- King kaDinuzulu and the Zulu Royal Succession Crisis
In the wake of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, the British carved Zululand into thirteen chiefdoms, setting off a vicious succession struggle. This episode centers on Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo…
- King Cetshwayo and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the rise of King Cetshwayo, the last great Zulu king, and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. They explore Cetshwayo's consolidation of power afte…
- Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi: The 1980s Massacres South Africa Forgets
In the early 1980s, Zimbabwe's newly independent government under Robert Mugabe unleashed a brutal campaign of violence against civilians in Matabeleland, known as Gukurahundi. The…
